diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 4bfe0c34272..e472d4058b3 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ homeassistant/components/ruter/* @ludeeus
 homeassistant/components/scene/* @home-assistant/core
 homeassistant/components/scrape/* @fabaff
 homeassistant/components/script/* @home-assistant/core
+homeassistant/components/sense/* @kbickar
 homeassistant/components/sensibo/* @andrey-git
 homeassistant/components/serial/* @fabaff
 homeassistant/components/seventeentrack/* @bachya
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sense/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/sense/__init__.py
index 7266b2fb1e5..85d5cd90e08 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sense/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sense/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 """Support for monitoring a Sense energy sensor."""
 import logging
+from datetime import timedelta
 
 import voluptuous as vol
 
 from homeassistant.const import CONF_EMAIL, CONF_PASSWORD, CONF_TIMEOUT
 import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
 from homeassistant.helpers.discovery import async_load_platform
+from homeassistant.helpers.dispatcher import async_dispatcher_send
+from homeassistant.helpers.event import async_track_time_interval
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5
 DOMAIN = 'sense'
 
 SENSE_DATA = 'sense_data'
+SENSE_DEVICE_UPDATE = 'sense_devices_update'
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({
     DOMAIN: vol.Schema({
@@ -27,7 +31,9 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({
 
 async def async_setup(hass, config):
     """Set up the Sense sensor."""
-    from sense_energy import ASyncSenseable, SenseAuthenticationException
+    from sense_energy import (
+        ASyncSenseable, SenseAuthenticationException,
+        SenseAPITimeoutException)
 
     username = config[DOMAIN][CONF_EMAIL]
     password = config[DOMAIN][CONF_PASSWORD]
@@ -45,4 +51,15 @@ async def async_setup(hass, config):
         async_load_platform(hass, 'sensor', DOMAIN, {}, config))
     hass.async_create_task(
         async_load_platform(hass, 'binary_sensor', DOMAIN, {}, config))
+
+    async def async_sense_update(now):
+        """Retrieve latest state."""
+        try:
+            await hass.data[SENSE_DATA].update_realtime()
+            async_dispatcher_send(hass, SENSE_DEVICE_UPDATE)
+        except SenseAPITimeoutException:
+            _LOGGER.error("Timeout retrieving data")
+
+    async_track_time_interval(hass, async_sense_update,
+                              timedelta(seconds=ACTIVE_UPDATE_RATE))
     return True
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sense/binary_sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/sense/binary_sensor.py
index a0f65ac555a..43a2dc79a89 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sense/binary_sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sense/binary_sensor.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 import logging
 
 from homeassistant.components.binary_sensor import BinarySensorDevice
+from homeassistant.helpers.dispatcher import async_dispatcher_connect
+from homeassistant.core import callback
 
-from . import SENSE_DATA
+from . import SENSE_DATA, SENSE_DEVICE_UPDATE
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -75,12 +77,12 @@ class SenseDevice(BinarySensorDevice):
         self._id = device['id']
         self._icon = sense_to_mdi(device['icon'])
         self._data = data
-        self._state = False
+        self._undo_dispatch_subscription = None
 
     @property
     def is_on(self):
         """Return true if the binary sensor is on."""
-        return self._state
+        return self._name in self._data.active_devices
 
     @property
     def name(self):
@@ -102,12 +104,22 @@ class SenseDevice(BinarySensorDevice):
         """Return the device class of the binary sensor."""
         return BIN_SENSOR_CLASS
 
-    async def async_update(self):
-        """Retrieve latest state."""
-        from sense_energy.sense_api import SenseAPITimeoutException
-        try:
-            await self._data.update_realtime()
-        except SenseAPITimeoutException:
-            _LOGGER.error("Timeout retrieving data")
-            return
-        self._state = self._name in self._data.active_devices
+    @property
+    def should_poll(self):
+        """Return the deviceshould not poll for updates."""
+        return False
+
+    async def async_added_to_hass(self):
+        """Register callbacks."""
+        @callback
+        def update():
+            """Update the state."""
+            self.async_schedule_update_ha_state(True)
+
+        self._undo_dispatch_subscription = async_dispatcher_connect(
+            self.hass, SENSE_DEVICE_UPDATE, update)
+
+    async def async_will_remove_from_hass(self):
+        """Undo subscription."""
+        if self._undo_dispatch_subscription:
+            self._undo_dispatch_subscription()
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sense/manifest.json b/homeassistant/components/sense/manifest.json
index 272a4a58f33..8763234c5ed 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sense/manifest.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sense/manifest.json
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
     "sense_energy==0.7.0"
   ],
   "dependencies": [],
-  "codeowners": []
+  "codeowners": ["@kbickar"]
 }